Calf weaner



July 7, 1925.

1,545,242 G. E. EVEY cALF WEANER Filed April 50, 1924 Patented July 7, 1925.

UNITED-STATES GEORGE E. EvEY, oE LIsoo, NEBRASKA. 1

'cALE WEANER.

Application filed April so, 1924. Serial No. 710,090;

To all whomc't mag concern: i 7 Be it known that; I, GEORGE 'E. EVEY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Lisco, in the county of Garden, State of.

Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calf Weaners';'.

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it' appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in weaning devices, and particularly to devices for weaning calves.

In devices of this character, heretofore, difficulty has been experienced in the splitting of the wooden portion of the weaner, at the points where the hangers for the supplemental guard plate were driven into the wood. Also, the calf was able to swingthe main plate upwardly, and cause the supplemental guard plate to swing upwardly onto the main plate, and thus permit the calf to reach the teats of the cow. The present invention includes novel features which seek to overcome these difliculties.

One object of the invention is to provide means for obviating the driving of suspending devices through the wooden plate, which serves the additional functions of strengthening the plate, providing suspending means for the auxiliary guard plate, and also to provide means which will prevent the supplemental guard plate being swung upwardly onto the main late.

Other objects and advantageswill be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. p

In the drawing: V Figure 1 is a perspective View of a calf weaner made in accordance with the present invention, in the position assumed normally.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the weaner in the position assumed when the calf attempts to move the guard plate onto the main guard. v Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the main guard plate, which is preferably" formed from wood 'of suitable thickness, and has the elongated opening '11 therethrough, said opening extending through the upper portion of the plate, and resulting in the passage 12 for the nasal septum of an animal,- with theinwardly opposingpro-jection's 13. Disposed in embracingrelation around the end portions'of the plate 10, and arranged across the smaller dimension thereof, are metallbands 14, said bandsbeing s'ecured to the plate by means of rivets 15. -Thelower end ofone side of each ofthebands 14 is reduced'in size and'bent downwardly, be-' low thelo-wer'edge of the plate'10,-to form the loop 16. The other end ,of the band is also reduced and slightly tapered, as shown at 17, such end extending downwardly and outwardly from the plate 10, at'an angle, the terminal or tip of said end being pro-. vided with a spherical head. The'auxiliary plate 18, is preferablya metal plate, and has I the openings 19 in its upper edge portion projections or ends 17, and the angle at I which they extend, effectively prevent the plate 18 being swung upwardly onto the plate 10., Should the plate 18 be caused to swing upwardly it will strike the projections-17 and fall again, by gravity into its normal depending position.

The projections 17 serve as prods against the udder of the cow, when the calf at-.

tempts to reach the teats, but being-provided 1 with the spherical heads, these prods will. not injure or cause pain to the cow. However, when these prods strike the udder, the

cow willmove away, thusv frustrating the attempt of the calf. Y

The metal bands 14 serve three purposes, namely: As reinforcements forthe wooden plate 10, to prevent splitting thereof; to rovide the loops 16 .on which the auxiliary guard plate 18 is suspended; and to provide the combined i While the guard plates 10' and 18 serve to prods and stops for the plate effectively prevent the calf reaching the teats of the cow, they readily swing outof V the way when the calf grazes.

While I have illustrated the tips of the projections 17 as formed 'with spherical narily occurs through frost, when this part of the device .is made from metal.

What is claimed is: g 1. Audi weaner including a main-guard; an auxiliary guard below the main guard,

bands embracingthefmain"guard and having means for suspending'the' auxiliary' guard and limiting the movement" thereof in one direction. I v V v e 2. A calf weane'r including mamgu'ard,

an auxiliary guard below the main guard,

bands embracing the main guard, means on the bands fo'rpivo'tal-ly si'isp'endin'grthe auxiliary guard, and means on" the bands for limiting the pivotal movement of the auxiliary guard in one direction.

3. A calf we'aner including a'm'ain guard, an auxiliary guard below the main'guard, bands embracing ;t-he end portions of the main guard and having their terminals directed below the main guard, one ofthe terminals being formed into a. loop 'and enga'ged iir sup-porting'relation to the auxiliary guard, and the other terminal being directedat an angle fromthe'band forengagement by the auxiliary guard to limit the movement"the'reofinone direction.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture, in the pre'sence' of two witnesses.

g GEORGE E. EVELYL Witnesses: A y

G, W. S'A mom,

REUBEN Lenses; 

